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162 HAZRAT RA to depart from this life. Doctors were consulted. Prayers full of humility and sorrow were offered. On Friday, 13 March, 1914, 42 his condition became critical and that painful hour came which made the hearts of the believers tremble. At about 2:20 pm, while offering his Prayers, he went to meet his Master. (Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return'). Before his death, he had called his son, Abdul Hayee to him, and said: Laa ilaaha لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُولُ اللهِ I believe in ill-Lallah; There is no one worthy of worship except Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah), and I die believing in it. I consider all the companions of the Holy Prophet sas to be good. I consider Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as to be the Promised Messiah and God's chosen man. . . . I entrust the people to God. I advise you to read the Book of God and put it into practice. I have searched a lot, but Muhammad-ur-Rasoolullah-